Hardman Resources Limited has announced that oil production from the Chinguetti field (Hardman 19.008%), offshore Mauritania, commenced during the early hours of the morning on Saturday 25 February 2006.
The Gwadar Deep Seaport in Pakistan’s Balochistan province will be functional by the middle of this year after completion of additional dredging of the channel to 14.5 meters, making it the deepest port of Pakistan and trans-shipment port for the region.
A Carnival Holiday cruise ship that has been home to more than 6,000 evacuees since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast will return to commercial use on Wednesday.
PAN Australia Shipping, currently the largest non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) in Australia, have been taking steps towards establishing a dedicated Australian coastal liner service between Australian ports for more than three years.
The Shipping Ministry is to submit its draft National Maritime policy to the union cabinet for its approval after the budget, Union Shipping Minister T R Baalu said here today.
The Dubai-owned company buying major U.S. port operations has agreed to a new, in-depth security investigation that won’t stop it from taking ownership in New York, Newark, N.J., and four other shipping centers this week.
DP World-UAE, the region’s leading port operator, has announced that it has recorded another year of impressive growth in container throughput for 2005, handling 7.62 million TEUs, which represents 19 per cent growth for 2005 compared with 2004.
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd said it has won orders from Norway and Greece worth 530 mln usd.
ABN AMRO One, the most southerly boat, last night regained the lead from Pirates of the Caribbean in the Volvo Ocean Race, and this morning has a 13-mile advantage.
The most recent story on the VOR website includes a description by Steve Hayles of what happened when it all went horribly wrong last night. Here’s an except from the report:
A US company has called on the English High Court to block the controversial
The winds continue to drive the boats at near record speeds and the temperatures continue to drop, as the fleet sails towards Cape Horn, around 1,500 miles to the east-southeast.
Greenpeace activists set out from Cape Town harbor on Monday to expose illegal fishing off Africa’s west coast which, they say, takes fish worth billions of dollars every year.
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism will in due course be identifying ways of exploiting inshore fish and marine resources to alleviate poverty and create jobs in the fishing industry, says Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
